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APPLICATION mm Jun; 4, 1921.

Reissued Oct. 24, 1922.

, Emer 14 6222226 Patent No.

Reissued Oct. 24, 1922.

. UNITED STAT Re. l5 ,4 75 PATENT OF-FICE.,-

ELMEB W. GIZBIBS, OF CANTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE GIIBLBS MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF CANTON OHIO, A CORPORATION or c1110.

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original lq'o. 1,317,599, dated october 7, 1919,;Seria1 No. 295,888, filed ma 22," 1919. Applieation for reissue filed June 4, 1921. 'Serial No. 47 5,096.

' To allwhomitmaa/cmwern:

i provements in Tops, of which the following is a specification. H e g The invention relates to the construction of tops and twisting heads for tops of the I type shown in Letters Patent No. 8 17 ,933, issued to me on March 19, 1907, and Letters 1,005,020, issued to me on October 3, 1911; and the improvements include the making of a' light but strong and durable top and head out of sheet metal in an economical manner, the head beingso constructed thatthe twisting spring is mounted and secured insuch manner 'ithat it cannot become accidentally displaced from the head. I v H The objects of the invention are to construct a top and twisting head of sheet metal, in which the parts will be strong and durable and economically constructed and to generally improve and simplify devices of the character disclosed'in my paten'ts above mentioned. 1 V

With these objects in View the invention consists in the novel constructionfand an rangement of parts, hereinafter described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the "appended claims, it being understood that various changes in the form, proportions, size and minor details of. construction may be made within the scope. of the appended claims, without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

The invention thus set forth in general terms is illustrated ,in the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, inj'whi chb Figure 1 is a ssde elevation of a top with the twisting head thereon; 1 Fig. 2, a vertical section of the same; Fig. 3, a plan view of the top with the twisting head removed; r

Fig. 4, a lower end view of the twisting head; l

Fig. 5, a perspective view of thesever'al. parts of the twisting head in position for assembling; and

Fig. 6, a perspective view ofthestein. of

' the top.

1 and A practical embodiment of the invention is disclosed in the accompanying'drawing, form ng a part of this specification, in which similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several which parts are separately as illustrated in 'Fig. 5, sembled 'to form the shown in F ig. 2. g

The'case members 2 and Bare shaped or stamped out of sheet metal in the form of cylindric cups, the rim of the member 3 being provided with the lip flange 9 and the rim of the member 2 being provided with the rabbet flange 10 adapted to telescope over'and' then be bent over the lip flange to form the completed case, as shown in F ig's.

2. I 1 i i I spring barrel 6, ,.'the locking pm (and thejlocki'ng spring 8 Theclosed or outer end of thecase member 2 is provided with the concentric opening 11, havin'gthe inturned annular flange 1'2 bent inward therefrom 'to receive the stem of the top as will be later described; and the closed .or outer end of the case member 3 is. provided with an aperture l3 h'aving a similar inturned annular flange 14 arranged to receive'the lower extremity of'the spring barrel 6.

The transverse disk partition 4 is provided in the case, wherein its edges are clampedrand securedlbetween the flanges of the case member when the same are engaged together as, shown 1n Fig. 2. This partition is; provided with the central aperture 15 through which the spring barrel 6 extends, and a radial slot 16, communicating with said central aperture, to receive the radial projecting portion 17 of the spring barrel to prevent rotation of said spring barrel. 7 A lateral aperture 18 is provided in the disk,

which with the similar apertureflQ in the end of the, lower case member, constitute guides in which the locking pin 7 is located and adapted to operate endwise.

The disk partition is preferably provided around its periphery with the deflected tongues 20 which may be cut in the periphery and are arranged to engage in the notches 21 provided in the lip flange of'the' lower 7 be later described.

downward I projecting position. For the purposes of the locking pin and its frame it y will be understood that the end of the base and the transverse partition maybe collecti'vely consider'ed as cross walls.

The spring barrel 6 is composed of sheet metal, the ends of which are bentradially as shown at 17, the spring 5 being contained within said barrel, theupper endof the spring extending through the notch 23 and provided with 'an eye 24, a .pin 2.5;bei'ng passed through saidn-eye and through: the registering aperture "26 in the out-turned ear 27 formed upon the upper end of one of the radial portions17.- A projecting hook J28 is provided upon thelofwerend ofthe spring and projects beyond the barrel and lowercase member and is dapted to releas'ably engage in the recesses or sockets 29, whichare provided for thatypuripos'e 1n the upper end of the top. The spring barrel is mounted between the outer or closed ends of the case members, the upper end of said barrel bearing against the upper end of the case, 'while the lower end of the cylindrical portion of th'ebarrel projects through the aperture 13in1the lower, wall of the case, the radial portion 17 of the barrel, which, is slightlyshorter than the cylindrical portion, engaging the bottom Wall of the case. I

It is evident that by 'thi's'con'struction and arrangementof the parts a better and more eflicient twisting head is p'roduced than is disclosed in either of my prior patents above referred to as the secured end of the spring does not project outside the corresponding end of the case nor does the fastening means for the securing end of the spring project outside of the case and there is therefore no danger of cutting or injuring the hand of the user by the breaking oridisc'onnecting of this end of the spring'nor is there danger of this end of the spring becoming disconnect'ed as the entire "spring andconnecting means, with the exception of'th'e'projecting hook 28, is carried within the case, A simple but substantial twisting'hea'd isjthus made which is well adapted to the purpose of spinning the top, which operation will The top comprises the upper and lower concaved members 30 and 31 respectively, which are connected together by means of thus" serving to stop the case 8, which is preferably in the form of a theij-abbet and lip flah'ges 32 mass formed upon the adjoinlng edges of the two sections.

The upper section is provided with the v raisetl' porti'eh 34 which receivesthe disk forming anairehamber 36 between the disk and the top surface of the raised por- -tion 34, a practically air tight joint being the disk and the inner produced bet-Ween "trim of the top, thus cutting off the inflow of air into the interior of the top.

The upper surface of the raised portion 34 is provided with the apertures or sockets 29 and with the curvedindentations or slots '37, inclinedtongues; 38 being located in said slots. The stem 39 which extends from above the upper top member downward to the Tower top member, i's'preferably formed of sheet metal of cylindrical form, the upper end thereof having cusps 40 formed thereon, which'are bent as s'hown in Figs.

2nd 6 forming ah upper rounded closed end for "the stem. The lower end of the stem is open and rests within the socket 41 formed in the lowerjmember of the top, the head of thespindle 452 being received with-in said lower end of the stem, thereby centering theflower'end ofthe stem; An integral flange 43 may be formed upon the spindle ai'ld'bears against the bottom wall the socket 41. The disk 35 is mounted upon the stem 39 and its peripheral edge is held in tight eng gemen with the annular shoulder 34* formed in therimo'f the raised portion 34,

by m'eahs-ofthe annular rib 44 formed upon "the ste'in. Thisdisk 35 is provided witha reinforcing annular corrugation liand is preferably concave as shown at 46, for the purpose of strengthening the disk and allowing its peripheral edgeto be forced into ftight engagement with the annular shoulder in the rim. of the raised portion 34,1without bending the disk. The length of the stem between its lower end andjthe annular rib thereon, is such that the disk. is ferced into tight engagement with the shoulder of the raised portion 34-, the

pressure of the socket 43, against the lower e'nd'o'f the stem, when the rabbet and lip flanges on the edges of the top sections are nga ed tbe h 'Fer'the purpose offproducing a humming 1 0 the 'lowerfsection' 31 is provided with the apertures '47 andin order to produce a humming sound the inflow 10f, airinto the top bofdyfimust be cut off and forthis purpose'the disk 35 is so mounted within the top that a practically air tight jpint is formed between the disk "and the inner wall ofthe top. V c

. The eperauen of the jtep may be briefly described as follows: The stem 39' of the top is inserted from thelower end upward through the hollow of the twisting spring .as best shown in Fig. 2, and the projecting book 28 on the lower end of the springis engaged with one of the recesses 29 in the upper surface of the top. The head is then rotated to twist the'spring in which operation the locking pin successively enters and engages as a 'ratchetin the inclined recesses 37, the resilience of the locking spring 8 permitting the pin 7 to ride over the intervening faces 48 of the top.

When the spring has been sufiiciently twisted, the top is spun as by merely'holding the sides of the twisting head between the first two fingers and pressing the'stem down- A ward with the thumb which serves to disengage the locking pin 7 from the top and permits the twisting spring to unwind itself '7 in doing which it rapidly rotates the top with the stem thereof as an axle in the twistingspring, until the hooked end of the stem is disenga ed from the top recess after which the head 1s lifted from the stem or" the top or the stem of the top drops out of the head.

It will be noted that the barrel 6 not only A holds the fixed end of the twisting spring against movement with relation to the twisting head but also tends to keep the twisting spring in alinement preventing any bucklin of the twisting spring;

claim j 1. A twisting head for tops including a metal case having crosswal ls with corresponding apertures therein, a spring barrel abutting opposite walls of the case in axial alinernent with sai d apertures, and a twisting spring located within saidbarrel and connected at one end to the barrel.

2. A twisting head for tops including a metal case having cross walls with corresponding. apertures therein, a spring barrel abutting opposite walls of the case in axial alinernent with said apertures, a twisting spring located within said barrel and con nected at one end, to the barrel, and means for preventing the rotation of the spring barrel.

3. A twisting head for tops including a metal case with a transverse partition therein, there beingcorresponding apertures in the ends of the case and the partition, a

spring barrel located through the aperture 4. A twisting head for tops, including a metal case having cross walls with corresponding apertures therein, a spring barrel located between said cross walls andvin axial" alinement with the apertures therein, an out-' turned flange near the upper end of the spring barrel, a spiral twisting'spring located within the barrel, the upper end of the spring having an eye formed thereon End apin located through said eye and said ange. 1 p 7 5. A twisting head for tops including a metal case with a'transverse partition there-. in, there being corresponding apertures in the ends of the case and the partition, the aperture in the partition having a radial extension, a spring barrel located through the aperture in the partition and between the walls of the case, a radial extension on the spring barrel located through the radial aperture in the partition, an out-turned ear near the top of the spring barrel, there being corresponding apertures in said ear and the. partition, a spiral twisting spring within the spring barrel, the upper end of the spring having an eye formed thereon, and a radial slot in the partition, a spring barrel located between the ends of the case and throughthe aperture in the partition, said spring barrelcomprising a cylindrical por tion located through an aperture in the partition, the longitudinal edges thereof being 1 turned outwardly and passed through the slot in the partition, an out-turned ear formed at the top of one of said out-turned edges, there being corresponding apertures located through said ear and the partition, a spiral twisting spring in the barrel having an eye at its .upper end, and a pin passed through said eye and through the apertures in the ear and partition. v I

7 A sheet metal top body including upper and lower concaved members having rabbet and lip flanges connected together, a division disk forming an air chamber in the upper body member, a tubular stem extending from above the upper top' member downward through the disk having an annular bead thereon bearing against the under side of the disk, and a centering socket in the lower body member bearing against the lower end of the stern and forcing the periphery of the disk into tight engagement with the upper body memberwhen therabbet and lip flanges are connected together.

8. A twisting head for tops including'a, metal case having cross walls with corresponding apertures therein, a spring barrel abutting opposite walls of the case in axial iooi alinement with said apertures, a twisting spring located within said barrel, and means within the head for stopping rotation of one end' of the spring.

a ELMER W.- GIBBS. 

